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Digvijay has been a bitter critic of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), 4 The EC also announced the ideological guide of the BJP, postponement of polling in and had allegedly linked it to he second phase of Lok Tripura (East) Lok Sabha seat the 2008 Mumbai terror attack TSabha polls for 95 seats will to the third phase on April 23, R carried out by Pakistani ter- decide the fate of several stal- saying the prevailing rorists. warts, including Union law and order situation there 4 The BJP also decided to Ministers Jitendra Singh, Jual is not conducive for free and field KP Yadav from Guna, a Oram, Sadananda Gowda and fair polls. etting the stage for an epic seat held by senior Congress Pon Radhakrishnan, former The stake is high for the Sbattle in Bhopal, the BJP on leader Jyotiraditya Scindia who Prime Minister HD Deve AIADMK which had swept Wednesday fielded Sadhvi is contesting from there. Gowda and DMK’s Dayanidhi the polls in 2014 and has gone Pragya Singh Thakur, facing The BJP has named Raj Maran, A Raja and Kanimozhi. from one internal crisis to trial in Malegaon blast case, in Bahadur Singh and Ramakant Altogether 1,600-odd contes- another after the death Lok Sabha elections, against Bhargav as its nominees from tants are in the fray from 11 of its supreme leader J Congress heavyweight and for- Sagar and Vidisha respective- States and the Union Territory Jayalalithaa. mer Madhya Pradesh Chief ly. of Puducherry. The party has formed a Minister Digvijay Singh. External Affairs Minister Thirty eight of the 39 Lok strong alliance with PMK and Out on bail, Sadhvi joined Sushma Swaraj had won from Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu will DMDK to take on the might of the BJP only hours before the Vidisha in 2014 but she is not go to polls and bypolls will be DMK-Cong-Left alliance, party announced her name as fighting polls this time due to held in 18 Assembly con- which is expected its candidate from Bhopal. This health reasons. stituencies. The Election to win at least two third of the is being seen as a clear attempt Born in Bhind district of Commission cancelled the 39 seats, as per various opinion by the BJP to bring the Madhya Pradesh, Sadhvi has polling in Vellore Lok Sabha polls. Hindutva plank at the centre had a long association with the seat, which is currently repre- The presence of TTV stage of polls in the State, Sangh Parivar. A post-graduate sented by the AIADMK, fol- Dinakaran’s AAMK could hurt where the BJP had won 27 out in history, she worked with the lowing recovery of huge the AIADMK prospects on of 29 seats in 2014 LS polls. RSS student wing Akhil amount of cash allegedly from many seats as he is fighting for “I will contest the election Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad an associate of a DMK leader. the legacy of Jayalalithaa. from Bhopal and win. Former and Durga Vahini, women’s Chief Minister Shivraj Singh wing of the Vishwa Hindu Chouhan is with me,” Sadhvi Parishad. said after emerging out of the Arrested in the 2008 BJP office at Bhopal. Malegaon blast case, she was In a way, the face-off given a clean chit by the between Digvijay and Sadhvi National Investigation Agency will also be seen as a battle (NIA), but the trial court between the hardcore Hindutva refused to discharge her from represented by the likes of !" # $" ( ) * % " * ** the case. Sadhvi and equally dyed-in- % & ' # % & ' The court dropped the the-wool “secularism” propa- charges under the Maharashtra gated by the likes of Digvijay. people’s court by fielding several accused, including A senior BJP leader said Hindutva” faces of the Control of Organised Crime #)%*+, ",- """- At a rally in Odisha, BJP Sadhvi against Digvijay, he Swami Aseemanand, in the party decided to field Congress. Act (MCOCA) against her, president Amit Shah on said, accusing the Congress of Samjhauta Express blast case, Sadhvi, who joined the party Also being a high-profile and she is now being tried ",!.-"("- "*," Wednesday described Digvijay defaming India by coining Shah attacked the Congress and hours before her candidature seat as the Madhya Pradesh under the Unlawful Activities as the “creator” of “saffron ter- terms like “Hindu terror” and said people of Bhopal will pun- was announced, against capital, it can help rally support Prevention Act. She was grant- Deo and former MP Singita ror” phrase. The BJP has decid- “saffron terror”. ish Digvijay and Congress pres- Digvijay as the latter has been for the BJP across the State and ed bail by the Bombay High Singh Deo from Balangir LS ed to take the matter to the Referring to the acquittal of ident Rahul Gandhi. one of the most visible “anti- even outside, he added. Court in 2017. ver 76.93 lakh voters will and BJD candidate and Rajya Odecide the fates of 35 Lok Sabha member Achyuta Sabha and 244 Assembly can- Samanta and BJP candidate didates in the second phase of and former MP Kharabela polls to be held on Thursday in Swain will face voting in the five Parliamentary constituen- phase. cies and 35 Assembly seg- All eyes are now on BJD ,.+"*'"( said the construction of ments under them in the State. Aska candidate Pramila Bisoi as National Highway-520 in the This phase of election bears she has been specially chosen ","+! region is yet to be completed significance as many high-pro- by party supremo Naveen due to the Centre’s indifference ! dicted that the maximum day file politicians, including BJD Patnaik for her contribution in .",,/01 towards the State. temperature across the State is supremo and Chief Minister empowering women through He also stated that the "#" likely to fall by 2 to 3 degree in Naveen Patnaik, are in the self-help groups. Railways has been earning the next two or three days. fray. Patnaik is contesting from Prime Minister Narendra ' 3.". hundreds of crores of rupees BHUBANESWAR: State capi- A youth on Wednesday two Assembly seats, one from Modi, BJP National President from Keonjhar district but is tal Bhubaneswar continued to died of suspected sunstroke in his old Hinjili constituency in Amit Shah, AICC Chief Rahul not giving importance to be the hottest place in the State Bhadrak district. Ganjam district and another Gandhi, BJD Supremo Naveen spread of railway network in again on Wednesday recording The deceased identified as from Bijepur in Bargarh dis- Patnaik and large number of the area. On the other hand, the a maximum day temperature of Indrajit Rout was rushed to the trict. high-profile leaders of major ven as BJP national presi- Railways has been investing 41.7 degrees Celsius. District Headquarters Hospital Similarly, Leader of political parties undertook Edent Amit Shah on this revenue in Jharkhand, he The city recorded 43.7 (DHH) where he was pro- Opposition in the State whirlwind tours and cam- Wednesday again urged Odisha said. degree on Tuesday. According nounced dead. The 33-year-old Assembly Narasingha Mishra, paigned for their respective people to end the BJD rule by BJD supremo Naveen the IMD, the mercury soared hailed from Arjunpur village Ministers Sushant Singh and candidates in these five LS voting for a BJP Government in Patnaik on Wednesday made a above 40 degrees in seven sta- under Dhamnagar block in Snehangini Chhuria, sitting segments. the State, BJD supremo and whirlwind visit to the three tions on Wednesday. the district. MLA Naba Kishore Das and Further, as many as five Chief Minister Naveeen Assembly constituencies of Angul recorded 41.1 This is the second death BJP Legislature Party Leader women candidates in five Lok Patnaik slammed the Central Barabati-Cuttack, Choudwar- degree followed by Sundargarh reported due to suspected sun- KV Singh Deo will have their Sabha constituencies and 25 Government by citing some Cuttack and Cuttack Sadar with 40 degree, Bhawanipatna stroke within a span of just fates set in this phase. women in 35 Assembly seats specific instances of its neglect that come under the Cuttack 40 degree, Titlagarh 41 degree, three days. An elderly person Senior MP aspirants like are contesting polls this phase. towards the State. Parliamentary seat. Malkangiri 40.5 degree and has died of suspected sun- BJP candidate and Union A total of 76,93,123 voters, Addressing an election Perched on a specially- Sonepur 40 degree. But coastal stroke in Puri district on Minister Jual Oram and including, 6, 22,744 first-time meeting in Keonjhar, Patnaik designed bus he is using for the parts of the State experienced Monday. The deceased had Congress nominee and MLA voters, have been enrolled to vote for the BJD candidates a slight respite. Cuttack record- gone to the Tarana gram pan- George Tirkey from cast votes through 9,117 polling both in the Assembly and Lok ed 39.4 degree, Paradip 32.4 chayat office under Astaranga Sundargarh LS seat, BJD can- stations. Sabha elections. degree, Baleswar 34 degree, block in Puri to collect his old didate and Rajya Sabha mem- There are 3,701 critical Later in the evening, Amit Gopalpur 32.1 degree and Puri age pension. He suffered sun- ber Prasanna Achrya from booths and 35 booths would be Shah took part in a road show 33.4 degree. stroke in the office premises Bargarh LS seat, BJD candidate fully managed by women ! canvassing support for his The weather office pre- and died. PNS and sitting MP Kalikesh Singh polling staffs.